紅白

See also: 红白

Chinese

		red; revolutionary; prosperity red; revolutionary; prosperity; bonus; popular	white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
trad. (紅白)		紅	白
simp. (红白)		红	白

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hóngbái

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄞˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hóngbái
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hóngbái
    • Wade–Giles: hung²-pai²
    • Yale: húng-bái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: horngbair
    • Palladius: хунбай (xunbaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xʊŋ³⁵ paɪ̯³⁵/

Noun

紅白

1. red and white
2. happy and sad events in life
3. weddings and funerals

Synonyms

• 紅白事／红白事 (hóngbáishì)
• 紅白喜事／红白喜事 (hóngbái xǐshì)

Derived terms

• 紅白事／红白事 (hóngbáishì)
• 紅白喜事／红白喜事 (hóngbái xǐshì)
• 紅白大事／红白大事 (hóngbáidàshì)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
紅	白
こう Grade: 6	はく Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

紅(こう)白(はく) • (kōhaku) 

1. red and white

References

• “紅白”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎^[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
• “紅白” in Weblio Dictionary.

Further reading

• 紅白 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja